Buttonhole shield



sept; 20, 1927. 1,643,170

R. J. OBRIEN ET AL BUTTONHOLE SHIELD Filed April 5. 1926 INVENTORS ATTORNEYS Patented sept. 2o, 1927.

UNITED rSTATES RICHARD JOSEPH OBRIEN AND PATRICK J. OBRIEN, F BAY BULLS, NEWFOUDLAND.

PATENT i OFFICE.

BUTTONHOLE SHIELD.

This invention has relation'to laundering accessories, and aims as its principal object to provide a device for' preventing the portion of a starched garment adjacent the but- 5 tonlioles from being subjected to the stiifenin action of starch, whereby to maintain said portion flexible to facilitate the engage ment and disengagement of a button with the buttonhole.

More specifically the invention comprehends a shield for the portion of a starched garment adjacent the buttonholes, which includes a pair of clamping sections and "means of connection therebetween extending through the buttonhole for holding the sections against the opposite surfaces of the garment to exclude and prevent the starchwater from contacting with said portions ywhen the garment is immersed therein.

20 The invention futhermor'e coinpiehends a device of the character described which is simple in its construction vand mode of use, inexpensive to manufacture, and produce, and which is highly eflicientin its purpose.

lVith the above recited andfotlier objects in view, reference is had to the following specificationA and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited certain examples or embodiments ofthe invention which are in no way ,intended as limitations upony the Y scope of the appended claims as it is to ,be

clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient. l

In the drawings- Figure 1 isa fragmentary sectional viewA a pairof mating substantially cup-shaped sections l0 and 11, the former having ahead 12 and the latter provided withs a central opening 13. The section 10 is further provided with a central threaded stem/ 14 adapted to extend through the buttonhole and through the opening 13 in the section 1l and further adapted to receive a wing nut 15 employed for thepurpose of clamp` ing and binding the concave confronting faces of the shield sections 10 and 11 against the opposite faces of the garment A, whereby when the garment with the shield applied is 'immersed in starch-water, the portion D indicated in Fig. 3, adjacent the buttonhole B will be protected against contact of the starch-water therewith so that when the gartrated in Fig. 4 is identical with thatde- Y scribed for the first form of the invention.

What is claimed is: 1. A shield for excluding starch water from that portion of. a garment adjacent the i buttonhole when immersed in the starch water, comprisinga pair of mating sections having concave Vconfronting faces and interengaging means adapted to extend through the buttonhole for clampingsaid sections together toembed the edges of the concave faces inthe material.

2. Ak shield of the class and for the purposeV described, comprising mating sections having hollow confronting faces adapted to` overlie the inner and outer kportions of a garment surroundingv the buttonhole, and fastening means for the sections extending through the buttonhole.

RICHARD JOSEPH OBRIEN.l PATRICK J. OBRIEN. 

